<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>the daily grind — zkSync</title><description>Zero-knowledge rollup with EVM-compatible execution. Maintained by Matter Labs.</description><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>The Ethereum L2 That Processed a Billion Transactions Just Turned Off Forever — $34M Is Still Inside</title><link>https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/zksync-lite-shutdown-ethereum-l2-dead/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://news.cryptogrind.com/blog/zksync-lite-shutdown-ethereum-l2-dead/</guid><description>ZKsync Lite shut down permanently today, May 4, 2026. The original ZK-rollup that helped prove the technology works is gone. $33.9 million in user funds are still bridged to a dead network — and this is only the beginning of L2 consolidation.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>breaking-news</category><category>ethereum</category><category>layer-2</category><category>zksync</category><category>defi</category><category>infrastructure</category></item></channel></rss>